2022 CMF DESIGN AWARD | Product Award Application Instruction

CMF DESIGN AWARD, as a new type of international design competition, sets a benchmark for CMF design innovation and plays a guiding role in the development of the CMF industry.

CMF DESIGN AWARD consists of three parts: [Product Award], [Sample Award] and [Character Award].  The application for the 2022 CMF DESIGN AWARD is in processing. As new applicants may have questions about the application channels, files preperation and design description, organizing committee offers answers on how to apply for [Product Award].

If you need to apply for the [Sample Award] or [Character Award], please follow the official account of CMF DESIGN AWARD, and read the corresponding commentary articles.

  2022 CMF DESIGN AWARD · Product Award  

1. Why should I participate in CMF DESIGN AWARD?

For designers, CMF DESIGN AWARD is an improvement of professional level and career; for enterprises, CMF DESIGN AWARD is a proof of design quaility and R&D strength that well recognized. The benefits for winners are as follew.

CMF DESIGN AWARD jury is composed of well-known experts from design, industry and research institutions around the world. It will be a design feast, a unique marketing tool. Much more value is left for participants to discover.

2. What kind of products are suitable for applying for CMF DESIGN AWARD?

All physical products are eligible to apply for CMF DESIGN AWARD. The application subject can be an individual or an enterprise.

Scope of works: automobile, home appliances, home furnishings, mobile / consumer electronics, clothing, packaging, cosmetics, shoes, hats, bags, medical devices, robots, intelligent hardware, aircraft, ships, trains & high-speed rail, jewelry, toys, gifts, traditional crafts, lighting, textiles, baby products, sports / outdoor products, game hardware / virtual reality technology products、building / interior space, etc.

3. Are concept products eligible to apply for CMF DESIGN AWARD?

Yes. CMF DESIGN AWARD Product Award accepts two types of products: mass-produced products and forward-looking ones.

4. What are the participents qualifications?

1) OEMs, manufacturers, suppliers, and designers with  products that carry out  CMF innovation in the aspects of color, material, molding process, surface treatment, pattern texture, five senses, emotions, etc. , and can be mass producted.    

2) The listing time of the work be less than 3 years. There is no limit to the number of works that each participant can register.

5. What are the differences between applying for CMF DESIGN AWARD and other industrial design award?

There are differences in terms of review dimensions and advocacy directions. It is essential to highlight the specific innovations in CMF design when filling out the application files.

6. What is the award format of CMF DESIGN AWARD?

There are two rounds of review.

1) Priliminary Review: The jury experts review on the electronic application files, and select works that have actual innovation in CMF design. The finalists enter the final review.

Notice: It is encouraged to express specific data, implementation, difficulty of research and development, specific problems faced, corresponding solutions, and what work has actually been done to develop this product.

2) Final Review: The short-listed companies/individuals will be notified to send the prototype to Shenzhen China for the final review yo ensure the authenticity of CMF innovation.

7. What is the review criteria of CMF DESIGN AWARD?

The criteria comprises six elements: innovation, aesthetic, functionality, implement, environmentality, and affectivity. It is recommended to read the review criteria carefully.

8. The direction advocated by the organizing committee

1) This product solves the related problem

For example, the specific problems faced by a certain industry or a certain type of product are solved. The problem is real, and the product solution is rational.

2) Corresponding practice is made

In order to develop a product, it is necessary to invest specific resources, such as manpower, material resources, brainpower, time, cost, social resources, supply chain, equipment, technology, etc.

3) This product creates a premium experience

This product provide users, consumers, and audiences with high-quality experiences, including sensory, emotional, and psychological experiences.

4) This product has formed a good social effect

Effects include economic effects, professional effects, industry effects, etc.

Such as stimulating new markets, leading industrial development, realizing economic growth, promoting industry development; changing inherent viewpoints, expanding new cognitive boundaries, and developing new thinking; protecting health, saving resources, and green development.

5) This product can be mass-produced and commercialized to serve the public

This product can be practically applied within a certain period of time. Basing on this product, the extended product can be applied to life.

9. WHat are the application fees?

The overall fee includes the registration fee, the finalist fee and the award-winning service fee. 

Fees instructions：the finalist fee includes certificates fees, jury labor fees, the award ceremony tickets, publicity expenses, etc. In addition to the above items, award-winning fee includes the trophies fees, exhibition fees.

10. How to prepare the application files?

1) Application Template Download

CMF DESIGN AWARD consists of three parts: [Product Award], [Sample Award] and [Character Award]. OEMs, designer studios and individuals click the link below to download the Product Award application template. 

CMF_DESIGN_AWARD_Product_category_Application_form-zh-en.pptx

Please Fill in the file as required and ensure that the expression is professional, clear, logical, and smoothy.

2. Application Files Submission

Method 1: Official e-mailaward@cmfdesign.net* Return mail will be received as the application files successfully submitted.

Method 2: Submit application files through WeChat.

CMF DESIGN AWARD Organizing Committee

June 2022

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More information about the past award-winning works on the official website: http://cmfdesignaward.com

ORGANIZATION(Sorted in no particular order)

ORGANIZERInternational CMF Design Award Committee

INITIATORSInternational Committee of CMF Design ConferenceCMF Design OrganizationsGuangzhou Design WeekShenzhen Samy Design Research Co., Ltd.

AGENCIESShenzhen Samy Design Research Co., Ltd.CMF Design Organizations

PARTERSGuangdong Industrial Design AssociationShenzhen Design FederationGuangdong Industrial Design Innovation Service UnionGuangzhou Industrial Design Promotion AssociationAcademy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua UniversityWuhan UniversityHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen UniversitySchool of Design and Innovation, Tongji UniversitySchool of Industrial Design of Nanjing University of the ArtsSchool of Art and Design of Wuhan University of Technology,School of Design of Jiangnan UniversitySchool of Industrial Design of Guangzhou Academy of Fine ArtResearch Center of Color Design of Beijing Institute of Fashion TechnologySchool of Design and Arts of Beijing Institute of TechnologyChengdu University College Of Chinese & Asean ArtsKapok Design Award ChinaSwedish NCS Natural ColorGerman RAL ColorWGSN ChinaScience and Technology Commission for ACMT MaterialsPIMA-CN China Powder Injection Molding UnionShenzhen Association for Vacuum Industry